A mum has revealed the moment her five-month-old son almost died after she placed a seemingly innocuous object into her baby capsule at Kmart.
A thankful mum has revealed the moment her five-month-old son choked and could have died after she placed a seemingly innocuous object into her baby capsule at Kmart.
She reached out to Australian child safety group Tiny Hearts Education to inform other parents of her terrifying experience.
She said she was shopping in Kmart with her husband and her son Alfie when she placed a pair of socks on her son’s blanket in the capsule.
“Little did we know his hand grabbed the socks and he began sucking the clip,” she said.
“He sucked the clip so hard he swallowed and began gagging.”
She said she had only taken her eyes of him for a “second” but, in that moment, the clip became lodged in his throat.
The little boy was gagging so hard that he was vomiting bile.
“Thankfully we didn’t have to perform CPR,” the mother said. “He was rushed to hospital and required emergency surgery. They told me it was lodged 3cm in his throat.”
Thankfully, the boy made a full recovery, but the mother said it was an experience she will never forget.
“Feel horrible I took my eyes off him for a moment,” she said.
Originally published as Shocking way baby boy choked in Kmart
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